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Fraunhofer IOSB joins the Smart Electronic Factory

Research co-operations are essential for successful Industry 4.0 implementation. The association Smart Electronic Factory eV relies on a combination of German medium-sized companies and research institutions.

It will take quite some time before industrial systems from the time prior to digitization have to be integrated into Industry 4.0 concepts. This is particularly true of the financially strained medium-sized companies sector, which is SEF’s main target group. Therefore, numerous efforts are being made to modify the still suitable old machines with an IIoT upgrade under the slogan “retrofit.”
Exchange formats such as AutomationML and OPC UA
play a central role. Corresponding concepts range from the
SmartBridge
(sensors) from Pepperl+Fuchs to the fully-fledged Bosch Rexroth
IoT platform
. An intelligent migration solution was recently presented by the engineering software provider
Aucotec
.